diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index bad5d92f83c2ad74c17f8734e044ce4836706c62..ab938290e358db91f653d01a211636a025d2be1f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1463,10 +1463,6 @@ extern void __drbd_free_peer_req(struct drbd_conf *, struct drbd_peer_request *,
 				 int);
 #define drbd_free_peer_req(m,e) __drbd_free_peer_req(m, e, 0)
 #define drbd_free_net_peer_req(m,e) __drbd_free_peer_req(m, e, 1)
-extern void drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
-		struct list_head *head);
-extern void _drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
-		struct list_head *head);
 extern void drbd_set_recv_tcq(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int tcq_enabled);
 extern void _drbd_clear_done_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *to_be_freed);
 extern void conn_flush_workqueue(struct drbd_tconn *tconn);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 10b9276b28f77fa063832234af8b731702fe6820..3f68404a17e8a2a12288d6fc0ed937f15ad57cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ static int drbd_finish_peer_reqs(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	return err;
 }
 
-void _drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *head)
+static void _drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
+				     struct list_head *head)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
@@ -443,7 +444,8 @@ void _drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *head)
 	}
 }
 
-void drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *head)
+static void drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
+				    struct list_head *head)
 {
 	spin_lock_irq(&mdev->tconn->req_lock);
 	_drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(mdev, head);